• I figured if Hollywood was gonna cast white actors anyway, they might as well go for an intimidating middle-aged fellow who can rock a full beard. Him being a fan of the source material also helps, probably...

• What? You can't wait to hear the story of Travis and Kaneda in New York that somehow has something to do with 9/11? Frêre Jacques, frêre Jacques, dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Yes, I am, because Akira singing the most un-creepy children's song ever is a stupid idea.

• Hollywood doesn't care about race when casting. It just happens the best actors for the are always white. Total coincidence. See: Twilight.

• You know, there's only one ONE-MINUTE still frame of a single cell. (Technically, 64 seconds as the choir builds to a climax.) After that, you get an hour of introspection that nobody cares about. Also, they aren't editing out parts of Beethoven to make it moar action-y (so far). Though I can just see Anno saying "Ha! 'Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod', because, you know, Kaoru dies." "Yeah, 'und der Cherub steht vor Gott' because he's an angel, get it? I'm a fucking GENIUS!" Well, probably not; I've actually never met anyone more self-deprecating than Anno. But the fans would no doubt see it as somehow profound rather than just your standard literal metaphors. (And it's in German, the language that gave us the word describing Shinji and Kaoru's relationship, too: Homosexualität.)

• Hold on...  Sam Worthington's in The Human Centipede?

• De Gozaru.

• What?!?! WHY? Isn't Gendo 'sposed to be asian?

• Hmm..Was just checking out ANN, they have several articles on their  splash page, that cover live action adaptations. Akira casting call, with abbreviated plot, an Oricon poll regarding Japanese takes on live action adapts.

• I'm not exactly sure, that was the response I expected.

• In all honesty, the live action EVA was never gonna happen.

• i'm not exactly sure

• Is that some sort of Human Centipede reference?

• i donno about you but i think worthington's going to shit the roll out. i think that's what he's going to do with it. after he crams it.

• I hope that was a feeble attempt at sarcasm, if it is not, troll here often?

• Being a fan of both FMA series, and an adoring fan of Kenshin. I'd straight up, buy the hell out of an updated Kenshin series, as long as it's not the CLAMP version of Kenshin. Q: How do you fuck up Blood the Last Vampire? A: Give CLAMP a go with it. Totally the wrong property for those girls.

• I'll gladly take a Japanese live action version of any anime, over some Hollywood fuctasmia. I've been looking forward to this! The mankiller/batousai/kenshin, as mentioned before, used a reverse edged katana, that's just sick as fuck. It means basically that he could not only waste opponents with a normal sword, he could also waste you in a reverse way with this sword. It's so diametrically opposite of what you may think. Being able to attack using a defensive move and defend using an attacking move. Just thinking about it boggles my mind. Yeah Kenshin is one of my FAVE characters of all time.

• This...makes me happier at the moment than it probably will when it comes out. And reminds me I still need to see that Yamato live action...

• Kenshin's sword isn't blunt. It's sharper than most...it's just that the blade is on the wrong side.

• Four Words: Directed by Michael Bay

• Exactly.  "I'm so fucked up." Yes, Shinji. Yes, you are. But dammit, I still love you. 

• *Glad to see im not the only one who noticed it was the first Ryoutaro* Seeing how many personalities he had to pull off in that series and succeeded in doing so, I think he should do fine.

• Ryotaro?! They got Kamen Rider Den-O? Wow. He was a tremendous actor on a tremendous Kamen Rider series. This will be interesting since his character on that show was a massive coward who was forced to do heroic things. He played it so well that I'm endlessly fascinated to see him in a more purposefully heroic role. I don't even like Rurouni Kenshin but I'll definitely be checking this out.

• I'll hold judgement until I see who plays Kaoru.  I'll probably geek-out the moment one of Kenshin's opponents uses the term 'Battosai', though.

• Hell, I haven't even seen the new Star Blazers live-action movie yet (which I hear turned out better than I was afraid it would.) Am cautiously optimistic about this. (As long as they don't decide to do something mindbogglingly insane, like tell the story from the standpoint of the little girl at the beef-pot restaurant. Although it could be even worse than that...)

• I hate to be the bearer of distroubling news -- but last I heard, the updated anime version is a remake of the Kyoto Arc (not altogether a bad idea, but hardly as good as going ahead with the Revenge Arc), told from the perspective of Misao Makimachi. Yes. Retold from the perspective of the single most irritating character in the anime (even in the opinion of characters in-series). Who isn't even present for most of the important parts, and doesn't contribute overly much when she <i>is</i> present. Even if they're trying to redeem her character by helping her be less annoying, they could have done that as easily without putting her at the central narrative p-o-v. I am hoping and praying I heard wrongly...

• you sir are WRONG!  it's a japanese movie with a sword guy who refuses to kill and even has a blunt sword so you know it will be extra hard on him when he inevitiably has to kill a dude.  yeah, not excited by this.  But pishaw to the rest of your anime trolling.

• It's got a good director and a decent actor.  This will be an interesting combination.

• Sweet! I liked the TV series and loved the Trust and Betrayal OVA; which  has to be one of the best OVA's of all time.

• so... a japanese movie with sword guys in it?!? can i buy a ticket now?!? i can only hope its as exciting as that Anime Lawyer Man movie people are crapping their pants about. bring on the american akira. i can't wait to see what Sam Worthington does with the role.

• I keep wishing for it to be greenlighted, if only to see Robin Williams play Gendo Ikari.

• People I follow on Twitter seem to be fairly optimistic about this - it sounds like the actor was pretty good in Kamen Rider Den-O (which I have not seen) I for one am very intrigued.

• I think it says a lot about how much Japanese cinema actually cares about it's licensed properties that even though I'm not a Kenshin fan at all, I <b>immediately</b> recognized the character before reading any of the post.

• think of it as TR but without the typos.

• wait, if there's no movie then there's no inappropriately timed/themed masturbation. I AM SAD. that is all.

• As much as I hate anime, I loved the Kenshin series. The guy who's directing this did a little television show called Ryomaden, which is absolutely amazing for those who are Japanese military history buff (it took place during the Bakumatsu period). I'm sure this will be a very natural transition for him. For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dmaden

• This gives me hope that they're gearing up to give Kenshin the FMA: Brotherhood treatment.  That show with modern animation and the filler cut out would be magnificent, and they could actually do the Enishi arc justice.

• Oro?

• A terrible idea.

• In a nutshell: Gainax never really approved of the project, ADV got as far as commisioning Angel and EVA designs from Weta Digital, and the $100 million in funding they needed never materialised. That combined with ADV's recent demise, plus the expiration of the Western license for the TV series is why we shall never see a live action Evangelion movie. Which is fine by me because we have the Rebuild of Evangelion movies instead! It's just like the old Evangelion, except Shinji isn't a whiny bitch, Asuka isn't a TOTAL bitch, and the animation conists of more than 2 minute still frames of a single cell! AND THE ACTION SCENES ARE FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!! ...And you should watch more anime series in their entirety.

• What is "live-action anime", exactly?

• Whatever happened to that live-action Evangelion movie? Wikipedia goes into a little depth, but I want a fellow Topless Roboteer to fill me in better. Also: Just finished watching Evangelion, the platinum set with End of Evangelion. Effing genius. First anime I have watched in its entirety. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. 

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